Flood Warning

...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN IOWA...

SOUTH DAKOTA...

BIG SIOUX RIVER AT HAWARDEN 
BIG SIOUX RIVER AT AKRON 
LITTLE SIOUX RIVER NEAR MILFORD
LITTLE SIOUX RIVER AT SPENCER 
LITTLE SIOUX RIVER AT LINN GROVE 

.THE FOLLOWING RIVER FORECASTS INCLUDE FORECAST PRECIPITATION THROUGH
TONIGHT. ANY ADDITIONAL FUTURE RAINS COULD AFFECT THE CREST 
FORECASTS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SAFETY MESSAGE...DO NOT DRIVE CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.  THE WATER 
DEPTH AND ROAD CONDITION MAY BE UNSAFE.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT 

HTTP://WWW.WATER.WEATHER.GOV/AHPS2/INDEX.PHP?WFO=FSD

STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...

OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS.

THE NEXT SCHEDULED STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED TOMORROW MORNING. 

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944 AM CDT THU MAY 31 2012

...FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL 7 AM TUESDAY... 
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE LITTLE SIOUX RIVER AT LINN GROVE.

* UNTIL TUESDAY MORNING.

* AT 09AM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 18.1 FEET.

* FLOOD STAGE IS 18.0 FEET.

* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CREST NEAR 18.3 FEET BY FRIDAY JUNE 01. 
THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE MONDAY JUNE 04.

* AT STAGES NEAR 18.5 FEET...THE CITY PARK IN SIOUX RAPIDS IS 
FLOODED.

Hazardous Weather Outlook

443 AM CDT FRI JUN 01 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...

SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST IOWA...AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS...

WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP FROM
WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS FROM
THE JAMES VALLEY WESTWARD MAY BE CAPABLE OF SOME SMALL HAIL IN
THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON.

FLOODING...

AREAS ALONG THE LOWER BIG SIOUX RIVER IN FLOOD WILL CONTINUE TO
HAVE SLOWLY DECREASING RIVER LEVELS...AND ARE EXPECTED TO FALL
BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY SATURDAY. PORTIONS OF THE LITTLE SIOUX RIVER
FROM MILFORD TO NEAR LINN GROVE WILL CREST LATE THIS WEEK...WITH
RIVER LEVELS SLOWLY DECREASING THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

A SMALL CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN LATE SATURDAY NIGHT
INTO SUNDAY MORNING FROM SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA INTO SOUTHWEST
MINNESOTA. DEPENDING ON DEVELOPMENT...THERE WILL ALSO BE A CHANCE
FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO REINVIGORATE LATER SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND
SUNDAY EVENING...MAINLY SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM MARSHALL TO
PICKSTOWN. THE BEST CHANCE FOR THIS TO OCCUR WILL BE ACROSS
SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA... WHERE AN ISOLATED STORM MAY BE SEVERE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT.

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FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SIOUXFALLS. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS
WEATHER OUTLOOK.

There are currently no Special Weather Statements Webb, Iowa.

There are currently no Short Term Forecasts Webb, Iowa.